1. William Duncan Schuette is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd attorney general of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.
26 Facts About Bill Schuette
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Bill Schuette was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Senate in 1990 and for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
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Bill Schuette is the son of Esther Cathrin and William H Schuette, and step-son of Carl Gerstacker, former chairman of the board of The Dow Chemical Company.
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Bill Schuette graduated from Herbert Henry Dow High School in 1972.
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Bill Schuette studied at the University of Aberdeen as an exchange student from 1974 to 1975 and received a JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1979.
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Bill Schuette was a delegate to the Michigan Republican conventions in 1972,1974, and 1982.
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In November 1984, at the age of 31, Schuette narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Donald J Albosta for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th congressional district.
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Bill Schuette was re-elected to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3,1985 until January 3,1991.
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In January 1991, Bill Schuette was named by then-Governor John Engler as the director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture.
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Bill Schuette was approved by the five member agriculture commission on January 11,1991.
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Bill Schuette resigned from his post on February 25,1994 to run for the Michigan State Senate.
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Bill Schuette was replaced by Gordon Guyer as director of agriculture.
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In 2001, Schuette was selected by President George W Bush to be his personal representative to Australian-American Friendship Week in Australia.
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Bill Schuette served as a spokesperson for a group opposed to the proposed law.
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On November 2,2010, Bill Schuette won the election to become Michigan Attorney General.
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In September 2011, petition language to recall Bill Schuette was approved by Midland County authorities, allowing the circulating of recall petitions.
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In 2011, Bill Schuette filed suit to close two Michigan abortion clinics on grounds of improper record disposal.
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In December 2016, Bill Schuette filed suit to try to stop a presidential election recount effort in Michigan requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
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In January 2017, Schuette was admonished by US District Judge David M Lawson for attempting to file an amicus brief taking an opposite position than Schuette originally took on the issue of requiring the State of Michigan to supply bottled water to Flint residents who lack tap filters.
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Bill Schuette chose not to challenge incumbent Dan Kildee for his congressional seat in the redrawn district which includes Bill Schuette's home of Midland in the 2022 midterm election.
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Bill Schuette was widely believed to be planning to run for governor of Michigan.
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In December 2016, Bill Schuette said he had not made up his mind on running for governor but would make a decision sometime in 2017.
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On September 12,2017, Bill Schuette announced his campaign for governor in Midland, Michigan.
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Bill Schuette's candidacy was supported by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
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Bill Schuette's spokesperson stated that the accusation was a "baseless attack on an attorney general with a strong ethical record".
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Bill Schuette was working to strike down a ballot initiative to eliminate partisan gerrymandering, which has gained enough signatures to be on the Michigan ballot in the November 2018 election.